Mesoamerican cultures spanned the the areas of Mexico and Central America for centuries. These had distinctive food cultures relying on locally sourced items.

Introducing Ehecatl, Ocelotl and Calli. Meet your new San Diego State Aztecs symbols. Wind, jaguar and house. On Thursday, the university formally unveiled the results of a six-year project to ...

Disguised Mexica merchants in Tzinacantlan acquiring quetzal feathers in Book 9. (all images courtesy of the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, and by permission of MiBACT) After centuries of ...

The cost of courage in Aztec Society -- 'Fierce and unnatural cruelty': Cortés and the conquest of Mexico -- Disciplining the Indians: Franciscan ideology and missionary violence in sixteenth-century ...

1. An Aztec Feast Day. The sights, sounds, and events in Tenochtitlan on Day Jaguar -- 2. The Aztecs. Their heritage and culture. Medicine men. Their calendar. The twenty-day month and the foods ...

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HOUSTON, Texas -- The Houston Aztec Dancers are keeping the ancient stories and history of a once-flourishing empire alive. The dance & drum group performs across Houston in order to educate others ...

LAFAYETTE, La. — The sounds and moves of ancient Mexican culture are beating in Acadiana. At Moore Park in Lafayette, you’ll often find hundreds of soccer players; but, on Tuesdays and Fridays, you’ll ...